Weather-strip



(No Model.) I l y J. H. NOLAN.

WEATHER STRIP.

Patented July 20 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT @OFFICE9 JOHN H. NOLAN, OF ILEASANTON, KANSAS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,060, dated July 20, 1886.

(No model.)

:F0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. NOLAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pleasanton, in the county of Linn and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in feather-Strips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,elear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in weather-strips; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

` the door and sill at the point where the alarm device is located, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view.

A. refers to the door, which is provided ou its outer side with atransverse box or casing, B, the upper end of which is bent vertically and provided with perforations, so that the same can be secured to the door by ordinary screws, b. The top or main portion of the covering-plate B is preferably made of sheet metal, and its lower edge is bent inwardly at an angle, as shown at b,s0 that said inwardlybent portion will engage with a projecting portion ofthe side piece, B. The side pieces, B, which project at right angles from the door, being adjacent to the door, their edges bend, so that said side pieces may be iirmly secured in position by means of screws c c. The side or end pieces, B, are preferably made of heavier material than the covering-plate B.

Each of the end pieces, B, is provided near its loweredge with inwardly-projecting pins d, within which will lie the eyes d', att-ached to the weather-strip D, so that said weatherstrip will be pivotally attached thereto.

The weather-strip D is preferably triangular in cross-section, and to what is normally the lower side thereof is attached, by means of tacks or other securing means, the rubber strip E, which will lie over the threshold when the door is closed.

F refers to a iiat metallic strip which is rigidly secured to the strip D,for the double purpose of adding weight, so as to balance the strip and prevent the same warping. This stri p also serves as an engaging means for the belloperating device. Ifit is necessary to further overbalance the stri p,I may recess the wooden bar D and place within said recess a metallic bar, F', as shownin Fig. 2.

To the side D of the strip D, I attach awire loop or eyebolt, which can be adjusted so as to engage with the threshold G, and will when the door is closed throw the weather-strip to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and when the door is opened this loop H clears the upper surface of the threshold and permits the weighted portion of the strip D to throw the strip E into Contact with the upwardly-turned edge of the covering-plate, said strip when free of the threshold being maintained in such a position by the bar F,which overbalances the same.

'Io the inner side of the door A is suitably attached a bell, I, and opposite thereto the door is provided with au opening, through which passes a sliding bar, J ,with which the plate or metallic strip F engages. rlhe hammer of the bell II is pivoted to the door and has a depending portion, la, with which the bar J engages, so that when the door is Vopened and the weather-strip raised the bell will be rung. Instead of employing a bell or alarm meehanism, as shown, I may substitute a springalarm, which will be released by the sliding bars J.

Above the boxing or housing for the weatlr er-strip suitable ornamental devices may be attached.

I claiml. rlhe improved weather-strip herein described, consisting of a strip, D, having attached to one side thereof a projecting liexible strip, E, and to the other side a hat metallic IOO plate, F, said strip D being pvotally attached er-strip,so as to sound an alarm when the door lo a door,and provided With a loop or bail for is opened, substantially as Shown. 1c depressing the same when it engages with the In testimony whereof I afx my signature in threshold, substantially as shown, and for the presence of two Witnesses.

5 purpose set forth. JOHN II. NOLAN.

2. In combination with a door having a XVitnesses: weighted weather-stri p attached thereto, a bell- J. M. TINDELL, hammer adapted to be operated by said Weath- J. XV. TURNER. )l 

